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[syn: Macaca, genus Macaca]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Macaca \Macaca\ prop. n.
A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey (Macaca
mulatta), much used in laboratory biomedical research.
Formerly called Macacus.
Syn: genus Macaca.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Macacus \Ma*ca"cus\, n. [NL., a word of African origin. Cf.
Macaco, Macaque.] (Zool.)
A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies, now
usually called Macaca. They have short tails and prominent
eyebrows. See also Macaca.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Macaca
n 1: macaques; rhesus monkeys [syn: Macaca, genus Macaca]